Interim Realities |
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| Authors: | Rose Peacock Jeanette Moore |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Health Studies University of Bradford , Bradford , England E-mail: r.e.peacock@student.bradford.ac.uk;2. Leeds Institute of Health Sciences University of Leeds , Leeds , England E-mail: j.moore@leeds.ac.uk |
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| Abstract: | Abstract This paper presents findings from a study of information technology implementation practices in National Health Service hospitals in England. The results suggest that there is a general direction of travel, which involves the progressive linking together of individual systems, so that they are interoperable. We argue that the findings are consistent with meta-governance arguments, but that it is necessary to complement this perspective with an understanding of the nature of information technologies in order to understand them properly. We suggest that ‘interim systems’ will be the reality on the ground for many health care organizations for the foreseeable future. |
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| Keywords: | e-Government information technologies health care |
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